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Thursday, November 3, 2016

A little more ... also temporary

Signs in the Heavens

Pretend and real heavenly events
panicked those who looked for signs in the sun, moon and stars. On September 6, 1881, the skies over New England, Vermont and New Hampshire – over two hundred thousand square miles – turned
yellow. The cause was uncertain, though probably a forest fire in the wilds of Northern Canada. This was startling event. Yellow haze hung in the
upper atmosphere undisturbed by a steady breeze. In some areas the haze reached
the ground. Schools were dismissed and workers sent home or work proceeded
under candle light. Chickens roosted, night insects chirped, birds slept. While
some saw it as an interesting phenomenon needing a good, scientific
explanation, many panicked. The Friends Intelligencer said: “Among those
who apprehended that the weird prophecies of the seers of Israel concerning the earth’s destruction are to find
literal fulfillment in our day there was general apprehension that the last day
of the human race had come.”[1]